Before and During (2 months) :)

Alright, so a little background.

I just had my third baby December 2012 (had 3 babies in 4 yrs). I gained an *absurd* amount of weight. I dont actually know how much I gained because I stopped looking at the scale, but I know it was around 80 lbs and my heaviest was probably around 260. I gained well over 200lbs between all 3 of them. Yikes. My third baby was also 10.5lbs. So. Yeah.

A lot of that came off just with breastfeeding. But at around June, about 6 mos after he was born, I realized that no more was going to come off "naturally," I switched to a whole foods diet, hoping that would help, but it didnt, really. I realized I had to start tracking what I ate. I have been on WW (online) a few times but didnt want to pay for it, but I had heard of MFP from a friend who had big success losing weight with it, so I downloaded the app and decided to give it a try.

Since I am BFing and I'm 5'9", I eat around 2200 calories a day, but sometimes that goes well over 3000 calories, haha. I do a Zumba class 3x a week and do weight lifting (in the men's section!) 2-3x a week, the StrongLifts5x5 program.

I feel like this is the easiest Ive ever been able to lose weight. I dont feel deprived, I get to eat what I want, just track it and balance my meals and snacks. I eat a lot of junk sometimes, too, lol.

This is my halfway pic, or near halfway. My goal weight is 155, then I'll re-evaluate.

Anyways, here is a before/after pic. The before pic was taken early June 2013 and the after pic was taken yesterday.



ETA: No excuses!! I drag my 4 yr old, 2 yr old, and infant to the gym 2-3x a week. So get 'er done!!!! :P